International Journal of Early Years Education 16(3):189-201 Space considerations: materials in the learning environment in three Majority World preschool settings
Type
E-Journal
Authors
ISSN
1469-8463
Category
ECCE, Preschool
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Online, London, United Kingdom
URL
[ private ]
Pages
13 p.
Subject
Early childhood education, Preschool education, Early childhood centres, Preschool children, Policy, Practice, Culture, Rural communities, Space utilisation, Materials use, International perspectives
Abstract
This paper draws on the comparative and qualitative data from a triple case study carried out in three semi-rural early childhood education centres in Canada, India, and South Africa. The primary objective of this four-year study was to provide in-depth understanding of the ways in which policy, practice, and culture intersect in semi-rural contexts. This article focuses on the organisation and use of materials in the preschool space as a means to examine the interplay between indigenous cultural norms as these relate to working with children and trends towards uniformity or globalisation of early childhood practice
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